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COMBINATION TONGS.

No. 398,129. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATET Trice.

JOHN H. COOK, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COMBlNATlON-TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,129, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed February 23, 1883- Serial No. 264,902. (No model.)

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 3 view of a pair of tongs embodying my invention; Figs. and 3, detail views of the same; Fig. l, a view illustrating the invention in its preferred form, and Fig. 5 an end view of the same.

The tongs comprise a pair of levers or arms, A A, which may be pivoted to a handle, 13, as

shown in Fig. l, or pivoted to and crossing each other, and each provided with a separate handle, as shown in Fig.

At or near the free ends of the levers A, I provide each of the said levers with a laterally-extending U-shaped arm, O, which will advisably be flattened, so as to present a somewhat extended or fiat bearing-face, which shall be at right {ll'lQ'lOS to the lovers A, as clearly shown.

Beyond the lateral arms 0 the lovers are each provided with an extension, D, which may be furnished with meshing teeth a on their opposing faces, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to enable the tongs to more readily grasp 'pieces of wood or coal when it is desired to use them for that purpose, or provided with angular notches d, as shown in Figs. stand 5, to (it upon the stem or axle of the grate, and be thereby used as a shaker.

blower, which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4;, here the levers cross each other at a point bet-ween their ends, as illustrated in Fig. 4., one of the extensions D will advisably, though not necessarily, be omitted and the remaining arm or extension formed so as to serve as a lid-lifter, as also shown in said figure.

The levers maybe made of wrought-iron or malleable cast-iron, as may be preferred, and may be rendered more or less ornamental in appearance.

The blower attimes becomes quite hot, and it will be seen that by the use of the tongs herein SllGWll and described it may be removed without burning or scorching thehands, and avoids also the liability of the clothing catching fire.

By flattening the arms 0, I am enabled to get a firm bearing upon the handle of the blower and preventthe blower from tipping or rocking within the said arms.

I am aware that pipe-tongs and various 1' other and analogous devices have had their The laterally-extending arms C are 2t(lil] )li0(l 1 to clasp opposite edges of the handle of the i jaws extended laterally, and of course to such devices I make no claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. Thetongs herein described, comprisinga pair of pivoted levers, each having lateral U-shaped arm near its end and an extension, D, beyond the lateral arms provided with teeth or notches.

2. The tongs herein described,comprising the pivoted levers A A, provided with the U-shaped arms 0 C, one of said arms being provided with a curved arm or extension, D.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence oi two witnesses.

JOHN H. COOK.

\Vitnesses:

WALTER S. Doocn, llonacn A. DODGE. 

